For the first time a single book brings together all the financial quotations reported in the newspapers and explains them with a comprehension and understanding that will be invaluable to investors of all levels of experience.“The Investor’s Guide To Stock Quotations” is the only book ever to unravel the baffling complexity of the newspaper financial listings, with their specialized jargon and myriad abbreviations.The author, Gerald Warfield, provides clear, straightforward explanations of how to identify, read, and interpret all of the following investment data:ˇ common and preferred stocksˇ corporate and muncipal bondsˇ government securities (bonds, notes, and bills)ˇ mutual fundsˇ money-market fundsˇ optionsˇ commodity and financial futures――――Unique to this book is Warfield’s useful index of Associated Press abbreviationsin which NYSE, Amex and OTC stocks are listed.As a handbook for the novice,“The Investor’s Guide To Stock Quotations“ is a comprehensive, eminently readable introduction. For the more experienced investor, however, the book provides the invaluable details of all quotations as well as the meanins of the less common instruments, such as options and futures. Over 100 photographic enlargements of newspaper quotations, 25 easy-to-read charts, and numerous photographs accompany the text.Also included in this volume are the stock ticker symbols that now appear on cable television. Brief succinct definitions are set in a distinct format for easy reference. And a handy table provides instant dollar values for the troublesome fractions in which stock gains and losses are commonly reported. As such, Warfield’s unique book is sure to become the essential reference guide for every smart investor.
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- PublisherHarper&Row
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0191011045
- ISBN 13 9780191011047
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages466